Fence



(No Model.) A` f A. YARLOT.

FENGE. No. 341,119. Patented May 4, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON YARLOT, OF NEY, OHIO.

FENCE.

SFECIFIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,119, dated May 4, 1886.

Application filed October 19, 1885. Serial No. lli).

`T0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON YARLOT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ney, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fences, and has for its object to so construct theseveral parts that, first, the sections of the fence can be easily disconnected from each other for the purpose of moving the same; second, that the wire, when the fence is a wire fence, can be supported and strengthened between the end posts of the felice-section; third, to dispense with the necessity of an intermediate post between the end posts; and, fourth, to connect the bracewires to the cross-sills and other part of the fence, so that they will draw squarely on the part to which they are connected.

To the foregoing ends the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularlydescribed and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and inw'vhich Figure 1 is a perspective of a felice made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a crosssection through two of the posts, showing the manner of securing them; Fig. 3, a vertical section through one post, showing the manner of securing the brace-wire thereto; Fig. 4, a`

cross-seetion through the posts, showing the manner of turning a corn-er and of securing the posts together at the corner.

In the drawings, the letter A' designates cross-sills, formed between their ends with a notch, a, in which tits the base-rail B and lower ends of posts C, so that the rail and posts are kept from contact with the ground, and also held against side displacement. The bracewires D are passed, lirst, through a hole, I), and then a hole, c, in a diagonal line from hole Z), and at or near the center of the post, so that the wire will be crossed, and then the ends of the wire are connected to the ends of the crosssills A. This mode of passing the wire through two holes in the post, with at least one hole at or near the center of the crosssection of the (No model.)

post, causes the wire to draw squarely on the post from it to the crosssills, so that there will be no lateral pulling on the sill, which would tend to displace the sill laterally, the draft heing more directly in a vertical line, and in this particular the mode offastenin g the brace-wires differs from that where the wire is passed around the outside of the post on one side and through a single hole in the post. It will also be observed that by passing the brace-wire through only one post where the two posts ot' separate sections meet, the sections can be sep` arated for removal without detaehing or disturbing the bracewires. there the sections of the fence meet, the end posts are secured together by a wire, E, passed through a hole in each post at both top and bottom, and then twisted, so as to iirmly hold the two posts together. The posts can be easily separated by simply untwisting and withdrawing the wires. It will be observed, too, that the top rails or boards, F, which serve as signal-boards in a wire felice, are placed so that they will be on opposite sides of both boards, and thereby stiffen and brace the fence at the union between the several sections. i

The wires G may be fastened to the posts by staples d, as shown in the upper portion of the fence, or by passing the wire through holes in the posts, and then twisting the wire upon itself, as seen in the lower part of the fence. The wires are supported between the end posts by vertical wires H, connected at their lower and upper ends to the base-rail and si gil-board, respectively, the wires being looped or turned between their ends, to form eyes c, through which the fence-wires will pass, as shown in the drawings. Crosssills A are employed between the end sills, A, of each section, to support the base-rail B; but instead of using an intermediate post to fasten the upper part of the wire to, the wire is passed thron gh two holes, f and g, in the signal-board in the same manner as the wire is passed through the posts, and its lower ends connected to the crosssill as to the other cross-sills. rIhis dispenses with the additional posts, and at the same time holds the sill to the base-rail, and stiiteus or braces the signal-board by its connection with the crosssill. In turning a corner the end post of one Section is placed against the face of the end post of the adjoining section, and the signalboard of the section whose post bears against the face of the adjoining post is extended so as to bear against the side of the other post and the end of its signal-board, as shown in Fig. l. A close, neat, and strong joint is thus made at the corner. The corner-posts are held together by wires E', as seen in Figs. l and Lt.

The fence, constructed as described, is simple, strong, and'light, and can be easily taken down in sections and set up at other points, and but a comparatively small portion thereof rests upon the ground or comes in contact with it to be rottcd by dauipness.

It is obvious that the manner of connecting the cross-sills to the posts, and ot' uniting the posts to each other where two sections moet, can bc employed in board, rail, or picket fences, as well as to the kind ol' `l'cncc illustrated without departing from those features of the in vention.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is- 1. A Vfence-section composed of upright cud posts, C, top and bottom rails, F and B, crosssills A at the ends ot' the section on which the upright posts and lower rail rest, wires l),

vpassed through two holes inthe upright posts and secured to opposite ends ofthe cross-sills, Wires G, passed from one end postto the other, an intermediate cross-sill, A, for suioiporting the bottom rail between thc end posts, awire, D, passed through holes in the top rail and secured to opposite ends of the intermediate cross-sill, and the wire'H, connected to the top and bottom rails, and formed with eyes e, for the passage of the wires G, substantially as described.

2. The combination ol' the two end posts of the adjoining sections of fence itting side to side, as shown, wires passed through holes in the posts to hold them together, basc-rails to both sections, a crosssill at the union of the sections, notched to receive the ends of the posts, and also the base-rails, a brace-Wire passed through two holes in one of the posts and connected to opposite ends of the crosssills, and the boards at the top of the sections fitting on opposite sides of the posts, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. The combination, with the fence-section having a cross-sill, an upright post resting thereon, a wire connecting the post and sill, and a top rail, of a second section having an upright post bearing against the face of the adjoining part, a top rail bearing against the side of the said post and extended across the end of the tirst top rail, and a wire passed through avhole in each of said two posts to secure them together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI arilx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AARON YARLO'I.

'Vitnesses:

REUBEN L. STARR, CnA'nLEs A. BoWERsoX. 

